A step-down PCB is simply a multilayer PCB whose board thickness is reduced (stepped down) in a few places. The step-down is ...

SUNNYVALE, CA – Synopsys has officially completed its acquisition of Ansys, finalizing a deal first announced in January of last year. The move combines Synopsys’ strengths in silicon design and IP ...

Dr. Hayao Nakahara has been the leading analyst of the global printed circuit board market for three decades. He visits more than 200 PCB shops each year, and compiles an extensive list of the 100 ...

SANTA ANA, CA – TTM Technologies has announced the acquisition of a 750,000 sq. ft. facility in Eau Claire, WI, and land rights for a new manufacturing site in Penang, Malaysia.

Each year since 1986, PCD&F conducts a survey of printed circuit board designers and engineers looking at trends in wages, experience, certifications, technology and other aspects. Links to the ...

CupraPro S8 pretreatment for acid copper plating meets current regulations for biodegradability for cleaners required in the EU and is free of NPE (nonylphenol ethoxylates) and PFOS (perfluorooctane ...

PEACHTREE CITY, GA – CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY today announced the 2025 New Product Introduction (NPI) Award winners for electronics assembly equipment, materials and software. The 18th annual NPI Awards ...

Why does ENIG or other lossy plated finishes increase insertion loss? Copper is the most common conductor used on printed circuit boards. It has excellent electrical conductivity, but will oxidize and ...

How will the pandemic play out in the PCB world? Here we are, nine months into 2020, with little insight as to how the rest of the year will turn out for printed circuit fabricators. When was the last ...

ATLANTA, GA – After a steep projected decline in April, component industry sentiment stabilized in May, according to just-published results from ECIA’s Electronic Component Sales Trend (ECST) survey.

Saturn PCB Toolkit version 7.12 PCB design freeware calculates current capacity of a PCB trace, via current, differential pairs and much more. Calculates the following: current a via needs to raise ...